4/14/2015 WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Minutes

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they went downtown, the guy admitted he screwed up, he ended up being a little aggressive, we ended up buying the guy a new windshield for the person. Tom Murphy: We'll have something after Town Meeting. I think the impetus here is recycling and that's one way to reduce the trash. To that end we've been discussing this for several months and it's all been educational. Have we concluded as to what the ultimate options are for us to look at? From my viewpoint we don't know many communities have options to deal with and I think we are steering from what Joyce said and what I've seen in the town, PAYT is only one option. Our existing system is one system. Catherine: flat permit. Joyce: Curbside would be an option and the other option that I put before and it didn't go anywhere is a fully funded enterprise operation by the user and if they don't want to do PAYT they are going to pay $200-some odd dollars for that sticker. Tom Murphy: And that's what I'm getting at, Joyce. We should have a clear choice of options of the systems the BOS very clearly got handed back to them when they decided to vote for PAYT and they this is what's going to be going on at the town. Now we are talking about a dual system which is kind of interesting. We have the existing system which is just going to cost more money to go forward which I have a tendency to think in terms of what's happening without looking at all the numbers as you are more tuned into. But in order to let the people know what we are discussing we have to come down to the ultimate options that the Town of Mashpee is capable of implementing and it all seems to me there is the possibility of curbside but again I am looking at the big picture. We have a transfer station that is successful and used by virtually all of the townspeople can voluntarily go out and hire somebody for curbside which is where I would let it be inclined to let it stay. Because we need to run the transfer station. The transfer station is an asset to the town. So, come up with three options, or two options, the current system, the PAYT system, a dual system, and all three of those to keep the transfer station open, then go back into the numbers what's it gonna cost and be able to demonstrate to the town, this is what it's going to cost, this is what it's gonna to do, and who is going to benefit, and give the town options. Three choices as to what they want to do, in terms of continuing to operate the transfer station if it's only three options and I don't know if there are any more but I haven't heard any, and then let the townspeople begin to discuss it. Then they'll be interested in the educational program. People will want to know more about how what this is going to do in the long run. Again, broadly speaking I can see the existing system is going to be, okay you want to bring trash to the building, by our projections with the landfill systems going the way they are going, to do that you are going to be paying $300 a year or more for a sticker. And see if people begin to appraise the idea that it's not going to get less expensive, it's going to get more expensive far faster than expected than any system is going to be a lot easier to sell and to get people interested in what's going on. Other than that this very small incremental increase in a sticker, people are gonna go ... Tom O'Hara: Can we get something graphic to look at? You're doing a good job, you're being creative. I think you are making every effort to keep it the way it is and make it manageable. John Cahalane: We have a situation where we are not a town that has to cut, cut, cut. We are in very good financial shape right now. We're talking like the transfer station, if we don't cut it back, we're gonna go bankrupt. We're not even close to that. We haven't even touched the surface when it gets to that. 16 Great Neck Road North • Mashpee,MA • 02649 16 phone:508.539.1400 • fax:508.539.0954 • email:mis@ci.mashpee.ma.us m:Vny documentslWaste Mgmt Verbatim.doc